Transport system

Abstract

A transport system includes a controller and a transport vehicle to transport an article along a track. The controller is configured or programmed to control the transport vehicle. A destination of the transport vehicle includes a processing position and a storage position. The controller is configured or programmed to perform a pre-processing and a route shut down processing when shutting down a target route. The pre-processing includes at least one of a process: ( 1 ) to allow only some of the transport vehicles to pass through the target route, ( 2 ) to evacuate the article located in a closed area to an effective area using the transport vehicle, or ( 3 ) to permit a transport destined for the processing position in the closed area and prohibit a transport destined for the storage position in the closed area. Route shut down processing is performed after the pre-processing and prohibits the transport vehicle from traveling the target route.

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         5 . A transport system comprising:
 a transport vehicle to transport an article by traveling along a track; and   a controller configured or programmed to control the transport vehicle; wherein   a destination of the transport vehicle includes a processing position, which is a position for delivering the article to a processor, and a storage position, which is a position for delivering the article to a storage shelf for temporary storage of the article; and   the controller is configured or programmed to executes:   when shutting down a target route, which is a route selected from a plurality of routes on the track,   a pre-processing including at least one of the following processes:   (1) to allow only some of the transport vehicles to pass through the target route, (2) to evacuate the article located in a closed area, which is an area that is scheduled to be closed due to the shutting-down of the target route, to an effective area, which is an area that is not closed before or after the shutting-down of the target route, using the transport vehicle, or (3) to permit the transport destined for the processing position in the closed area to prohibit the transport destined for the storage position in the closed area; and   a route shut down processing, which is a process performed after the pre-processing to prohibit the transport vehicle from traveling on the target route.   
     
     
         6 . The transport system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 in the pre-processing, by executing a processing that allows only some of the transport vehicles to pass through the target route:   when a detour route that avoids the target route exists, the controller is configured or programmed to cause the transport vehicle to travel to the destination on a route that does not pass through the target route; and   when a detour route that avoids the target route does not exist, the controller is configured or programmed to cause the transport vehicle to travel to the destination on a route that passes through the target route.   
     
     
         7 . The transport system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the pre-processing includes a process to evacuate the article located in the closed area to the effective area using the transport vehicle; and   the controller is configured or programmed to evacuate all the articles from the closed area to the effective area after evacuation destinations have been secured for all the articles to be evacuated from the closed area to the effective area.   
     
     
         8 . A transport system according to  claim 7 , wherein the article is a container that houses an object to be transported.